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Blanche

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[blanch, blahnch] / blæntʃ, blɑntʃ /

noun

  1. a first name: ultimately from a Germanic word meaning “white.”


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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has said prosecutors shouldn’t view prosecuting companies as their goal and should instead focus on holding individual wrongdoers accountable.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

“Companies don’t go to jail, people do,” Blanche said in a December speech.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche sits for a largely symbolic spectacle of a confirmation hearing; ICE agents kill two more men in Texas and Maine; and 12 states sue to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger.

From Slate Jul. 16, 2026

Numerous victims have said that their names and other sensitive information were not properly redacted in the files and criticized Blanche and the department for failing to investigate Epstein’s potential co-conspirators.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Also interested in a move west, Blanche requested a transfer to the Ames Laboratory.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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